Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-09-01
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bic yards a. earth i hsine moved %
TIE various streets now beng graded,
and IS Il vii average nbcuf thirty %
tniEsy-eve hundred weizht - the e1bic
yasa. there win b. somewhere about
So hEnared and EftF thoannd eons In
ne mass. M0s1 Of the woFk ID hei1R
pEoaecnted b. dnyliQht emily, hnf TIE
eonoltt11 q NIL street., between Third
ano Ninth, neeeasitates TIE work being
finished before the vet weather sets N.
and . gang Of men are kept af work
every nl1Aa With the aid Of the electric
HRhk There h no Feek woFk On any Of
he slre9l1, bot 10 some phases there d
. quantity Of hlne clay which Il a. bad
q Het harder, 20 reEnove thap rock. In
aneta9e piaee theEe ID a saadg loan
which h4a beroms paeke0 until u al
moe1 detea the pick. Ia most places.
heweveFs Tie w0Fk Of oxeaRn1Ing is
eompes1fivosy Soy, Il the work Of grub
ing e1s roots Il sxeepted.
TzE KILL STREET CONTRACT.
Ths eontraos for TIE Min street work
was let 20 Mr.. WIN. TieRney, who after
wards associated With him Mr.. George
Lansb1FR 10 the work. The work Vac
o0mDeneed ON the I4sh Of August, and
en- The we1l aide has been contiBued
oaT and night sines then. The hill vii
Be lowered about "a fest and there vill
b = al OF 80 feet near Sixth street IN
order 70 raiss the street 10 tbs requisite
KFads. Tue new street. will be at an
elexaai0n Of flss feet above Fifth street.
which will Be raised TO the requisite
hei0ht. Fourth street will also have 10
Be raised level with the grade. which
vii Deeessitate al Of ten feea The
sidewalk opposite The county jail, which
u p0W maoh lover than the railway
vii be raissd 10 Level with Il. On the
west side Of the work there are foar
railway tracks. used for earning the
earth frSm the cut 70 the dump, and on
the east side there are two. The earth
is tcosened by blasting, two shots being
hred each dAy on both ends and q keR
Of powdeF used IL each blast. In all.
about sixty men are employed on this
contract, besides Q number Of horses for
The dump carts. The steepest grade
uin be about forty feet to the blood, be-
tween Sixth and Seventh, equal TO near
" sixteen feet In the hundred. The
length Of the whole work is seven and
Q bali blocks or about 2a00 feet.
xHE sEvxzEz STREET vonx.
The Longest piecs Of work nov being
done inside the cid city limits IL on
street. This includes twenty
ona blocks OF Co.'S feet, or withia fFac-
ton Of q mile and Q quarter from, Mil
20 Battery street. THIS wns let in tRO
one TO Mr.. W. e. Wilson,
fram Madison to Battery street, where
the work was light. Tue other vas let
70 Aeasrs. Wilson q Godfrey, the first
named being the contractor for the
north end. With the exception Of q
small portion neaR the Battery street.
end the grading on this part Is oom-
pgsted end the sidewalk has been laid
fos three blocks. Ths whole of the
work will BE- finished next month, side
valks as veil Is grading. On the THU
teen blocks between Madison and Bat
terry there we're about 20,000 feet OF
earth moved. and the sidewalk will con-
sume about $50, 900 feet Of lumber. On
the Mil street end of the thorouQhfare
the wsFk 10 very heavy. commencing
with big emitting near Madison strel I,
bat between James and Jefferson streets
the excavation 10 almost as great az
that on Mil street, the cat being be-
ing tWenty-five end thirty feet. VIII
son 4 9adfsey have noW got we'll under
Way on this job, and have two gangs Of
men Ct work, inoluding sixty-nve men
besides eighteen teams, and she con.
tractors claim they are moving about
600 yards Of earth daily. The whole
amount Of earth which will have to be
moved on this job is about 3, 900
yards. and about $4,000 feet Of lumber
will be used IN the sidewalks.
WORK on FOURTH eTRKKT.
Another contract vas let some time
ago 10 Meagrs. QuiQley and White to
grade seven blocks on Fourth street, be-
tween Union and Bell, which included
the cutting down Of the bill at Virginia
street. work on this vas oommenced
en- the 18th Of July aud the grading is
nearly completed. The bill has been
cut down about twenty feet and the
material used in filing the approaches
TO it. About 1900 feet Of earth had
to be moved and this necessitated the
OF score of men and half
q dozen teams. 1he work % the north
side Of the hill may be said 70 be prac-
tlcaiiy completsd and that on the south
side will be finished next month. I've
blocks Of sidewalk will be finished to-
day and the remainder Wili be laid as
soon as the grading is completed. TIE
earth here IL sandy loan which packs
as hard almost % rock and will make q
good road.
GRADING or WEST sTRKKT.
Seven blocks on West street from
Virginia 10 Cedar are nov being graded
and sidewalks laid. The grading is
being done By Messrs. ODay and
Anderson. There were no great cuts to
be made here, the hardest part Of the
work being the grabbing out Of old
stumpa. About four hfths Of the grad
ing Is finished and the whole win be
completed IN about ten days. In all
about 5000 yards Of earth viii have been
on this street BY that time. A bridge
over the gulIe5, bad 10 be bailt on this
street, and the contract for that work
and for the sidewalks was let 10 AessRs
Finch and Henderson, Who have three
blocks Of sidewalk laid and are nov
going on rapidly With the work. The
firm have experienced some difficulty,
owing to delays IN getting lumber, and
are nov awaiting that for the bridge,
bat sxpecs Il IN, 81 most, two days.
The bridge will be i65 feet long and 30
feet high ct the highest point and will
require about 5000 feet Of lumber.
The sidewalks on the asrees wik consume
about 10000 feet Of lamber. II Is un-
fortunate that the street when com
pieted will begin And end nowhere,
owing 10 difficulties in opening IL cut
20 Pine street.
o. nADIsoN grzEET ExTENsIoS.
Another piecs of work IL Reino
on from che old city Hmits 10 the nee
on Madison street, and about "a, 600 feet
or neariy Q mile and q half are under
contrast thsre. Toe hardest part Of the
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